# I pit Luxottica, the eyeglasses monopoly

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-luxottica-the-eyeglasses-monopoly/660958>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 14, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-luxottica-the-eyeglasses-monopoly/660958 "2013-06-14T02:16:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-luxottica-the-eyeglasses-monopoly/660958/21 "2013-06-19T00:35:08Z")

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Somebody watched _60 Minutes_ on Sunday.

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**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-luxottica-the-eyeglasses-monopoly/660958/22 "2013-06-20T02:25:35Z")

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> [@simple\_homer](#):
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> Ask your friends or neighbors where they go. As thrifty as most Chinese people can be I am sure that you know someone that can recommend a shop to you.

I’ll do that, but all the Chinese I know “only buy the best” and are typical Chinese show-offs. I pass Porsches driving 35 km/h every day on the way to work because they want to drive a Cayenne (flashy) but don’t have a friggin’ clue how to drive.

I’ll have to ask the English teachers or find a student, now that I know that cheap glasses are available.

Hey, did you take in a script, or did they perform your exam there?

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**Author:** ![simple\_homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@simple\_homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simple_homer)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-luxottica-the-eyeglasses-monopoly/660958/23 "2013-06-20T03:28:41Z")

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> [@Balthisar](#):
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> I’ll do that, but all the Chinese I know “only buy the best” and are typical Chinese show-offs. I pass Porsches driving 35 km/h every day on the way to work because they want to drive a Cayenne (flashy) but don’t have a friggin’ clue how to drive.
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> I’ll have to ask the English teachers or find a student, now that I know that cheap glasses are available.
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> Hey, did you take in a script, or did they perform your exam there?

They did the exam. It was included in the 120RMB.

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**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-luxottica-the-eyeglasses-monopoly/660958/24 "2013-06-20T12:37:21Z")

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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> Somebody watched _60 Minutes_ on Sunday.

Somebody didn’t look at the date stamp on the OP.

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